At what point, as parents, do we learn to wind back that dial of emotional attachment to our children? At the point of where they have left home, gone to uni, married, started working or after they have demonstrated their maturity….? Perhaps never…  I've often found myself pondering this question every time any one of my children would make a decision that would make me cringe inside.  It’s not like you have an “on or off switch” for parenting, right?  BTW: I have three kids plus a nephew who I refer to as our proxy child. Their ages range from 13 years to 24 years.